Taxon:
Curio articulatus (L. f.) P. V. Heath
Summary
Place of publication:
Calyx 5:136. 1997
Verified:
02/01/2011
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Heath, P. V. 1997. Three new generic names in Asteraceae: part 1. Calyx 5:136.
- Pelser, P. B. et al. 2007. An ITS phylogeny of tribe Senecioneae (Asteraceae) and a new delimitation of Senecio L. Taxon 56:1077-1104. URL: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
Common names
English
candleplant – hotdog-cactus – sausage-crassula – German
hohles Greiskraut – Swedish
ledfetstånds –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Eastern Cape | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Western Cape | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
Native
Africa
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa [Eastern Cape, Western Cape]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | fide Dict Gard, as Senecio articulatus; Hortus 3, as Senecio articulatus | Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening |